Date Posted: 3/27/2006

Macon, Ga. -- Stetson's duo of Melissa Wiggins (Temple Terrace, Fla./Sport Managment) and Erica Demers (Miami, Fla./Health Science) swept Atlantic Sun Player & Pitcher of the Week honors for the second time this season as announced today by the conference office.

Wiggins helped Stetson to a 6-0 mark including a 4-0 start in Atlantic Sun Conference play last week, hitting .500 as she went 8-for-16 with 11 RBIs, four walks, four runs, two home runs, and one doubles in six games. The senior went 3-for-5 with three RBIs, two runs and a walk in a doubleheader against Central Connecticut State Tuesday evening.

In game one against Belmont, Wiggins hit a two-run homer in her first at-bat and a grand slam in her second for six RBIs and two runs. She added a double and a walk in the same game to go 3-for-3. Wiggins also had a single in game two for her seventh RBI of the doubleheader. The Temple Terrace, Fla. native also posted an RBI single in the second game against Lipscomb on Sunday.

Demers led Stetson with three shutouts, a 0.39 ERA and a 3-0 record last week. For the week, she allowed just one run off six hits while striking out 24 batters in 18.0 innings of work. The freshman threw a one-hitter with seven strikeouts in four innings of work as the Hatters run-ruled Central Connecticut State 8-0 in five innings in the first game of a doubleheader Tuesday evening.

She then notched a no-hitter and shutout in game two as Stetson run-ruled Belmont 8-0 in five innings. She also tied her season high with nine strikeouts. Demers also tossed the first two innings of the first game against the Bruins allowed one run off two hits while striking out four batters.

The Miami native then set the school record with her 12th shutout of the season in game one against Lipscomb. She struck out four batters and allowed just three hits in seven innings as the Hatters won 4-0.

The Atlantic Sun Conference announces the Player of the Week every Monday during the 2006 softball campaign.

The 11-member league headquartered in Macon, Ga., consists of Belmont, Campbell, ETSU, Florida Atlantic, Gardner-Webb, Jacksonville, Kennesaw State, Lipscomb, Mercer, North Florida and Stetson.

Other Top Performers

Mary Catherine Vercoe, ETSU (Fr. - P/1B - Signal Mountain, Tenn. - Biology) -- Recorded her second shutout of the season against JU, allowing just four hits and striking out three. Went 1-0 on the week with a 0.00 ERA, also hit a three-run homerun against Jacksonville.

Kathryn Stauffer, FAU (Fr. - RHP - Pembroke Pines, Fla. - Undeclared) -- Stauffer threw back-to-back shutouts as Florida Atlantic opened conference play with a 3-1 record, splitting two games with Campbell and sweeping Gardner-Webb. She struck out 13 batters, walked none and allowed four hits total in two games.

Shauna Corso, FAU (Jr. - 1B - Seal Beach, Calif. - Social Science) -- Corso batted .500 (5-for-10) with three doubles and one home run as Florida Atlantic opened conference play with a 3-1 record.

Shannon Jensen, JU (So. - P - Callahan, Fla. - Elementary Education) -- Jensen picked up two wins and posted a 1.36 ERA in the circle during five appearances for the Dolphins this week. She recorded 23 strikeouts in 25.2 innings of work and held opposing hitters to a .187 batting average.

Norie Glazebrook, KSU (Fr. - DH - Greenville, S.C. - Undecided) -- Glazebrook batted .455 (5-of-11) and led the Owls to a 3-1 record over Jacksonville and UNF. She scored one run, notched three doubles and drove in four runs, while recording a .727 slugging percentage.

C.J. Martin, MER (Jr. - SS - Woodinville, Wash. - Communications) -- Provided the game-winning hits against Troy and South Florida. She doubled home the winning runs against Troy and belted a grand slam against USF.